Amazingly, one of the world's oldest 'cold cases' was solved recently by scientists investigating the body of a king who ruled nearly 3200 years ago.

The mummy of King Rameses III has been located in the Museum in Cairo since the end of the 19th century, and although it has been subjected to past scientific study, the cause of death has only recently been established.

He was murdered.

Ramses III reigned for 31 years during the Egyptian 20th Dynasty, c. 1184-1153 BC (about 150 years after King Tutankhamun).

He is not as famous as his forebear Rameses II, but his splendid palace temple at Medinet Habu near modern Luxor is one of Egypt's best preserved.

Ramses III almost certainly met his sticky end at the hands of a highly-placed assassin.